Teemu Pukki poses in his Brondby shirt after making the loan switch last year

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TEEMU Pukki’s agent has urged Celtic to lower the price tag on the striker and do a deal with Brondby to let him stay there.

The Danish club have told Teemu Turunen that they want to keep his Finnish international client once his loan move ends this week.

However, they can’t afford the Hoops’ £1million price tag.

Pukki has hit nine goals in his season-long loan at Brondby, with three in the last three games, and his agent says the out-of-favour hitman would dearly love to stay in Copenhagen.

The Danes are ready to pay now to get Pukki but Parkhead chiefs might order the Finn to come back home so they can find a buyer from another country willing to pay most of the £3.4m that Celtic shelled out on the 25-year-old when he came from Schalke in 2013.

Turunen said: “I can’t say much because right now it is not in our hands. Teemu has enjoyed the time in Brondby, and he really likes the club and staying in Copenhagen.

“But the situation is that we do not know what Celtic will want. He has a contract with Celtic, so they determine what should be done.

“We really want to find a solution for Teemu but the truth is two clubs must agree on a price before we can do anything.

“We do not know how much Celtic will ask for him and we do not know if there is another club that is willing to pay the price. But I hope we will soon have clarity because Teemu’s last three club moves all happened late in the transfer window.

The Danish season ends on Sunday and Brondby’s sports director, Per Rud, has already stated there is no way the club will be able to pay the fee in the loan agreement for Pukki after they posted a financial loss for last season.

They are hoping Celtic will reduce that asking price.

And it has not gone unnoticed at Brondby that the Hoops handed out Pukki’s No.20 shirt to new signing Dedryck Boyata, hinting that the Finn’s time at Parkhead is up.

Turunen said: “When we know what Celtic want in terms of cash, it all works much easier.

“Right now, I do not know what happens next week or next month, and it is obviously a bit frustrating because we want to work hard to find a solution that suits all parties.”

While they’re keen to get a deal done for Pukki, the club will not pursue a move for another Celtic loanee – Icelandic striker Holmbert Fridjonsson.

Brondby revealed on their website that the 22-year-old will soon be heading back to Parkhead.